Firefighters search for gun in canal

TRENTON  The Trenton Fire Department and Trenton police were searching a shallow part of the Delaware and Raritan Canal while searching for a gun that may have been tossed in during a police foot chase.

Around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, two Trenton cops were chasing a suspect when it looked like he allegedly threw a gun in the canal near Calhoun Street. Firefighters trudged the muck in wet suits searching for the gun with metal detectors.

It was about four to six inches deep, Battalion Chief Frank Fanning said. After about an hour of searching, we did not find the gun.